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(slang, derogatory) The police or spies. Run! It's the bacon!

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From Middle English bacoun (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“back, buttocks; to vault, arch”). Cognate with Old High German bahho, bacho (“back, ham, side of bacon”) (compare Alemannic German Bache, Bachen), Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“side of bacon, ham”), Old English bæc (“back”). More at back.

(police): Extension of pig (“police”).

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Noun [ edit ]

bacon in the US Raw belly bacon or streaky bacon, usually referred to simply asin the US bacon in the UK Raw back bacon, usually referred to simply asin the UK

bacon (usually uncountable, plural bacons)

Cured meat from the sides, belly , or back of a pig. 2006 , Pruess, Joanna, Seduced by Bacon , The Lyons Press, →ISBN , page 93: , Pruess, Joanna,, The Lyons Press,, page 93: They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before. 2009 March 31, Casey, Laura, “Piggin' out on bacon at S.F.'s BaconCamp”, in San Jose Mercury News ‎ [1] , retrieved : March 31, Casey, Laura, “Piggin' out on bacon at S.F.'s BaconCamp”, in, retrieved : For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end / Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend. 2009 August 12, Abraham, Lisa, “Bacon comes home - Old favorite tastes even better when you do the curing yourself”, in Akron Beacon Journal , August 12, Abraham, Lisa, “Bacon comes home - Old favorite tastes even better when you do the curing yourself”, in Akron, Ohio , page D1: Bacon is something that everybody is familiar with and most people grew up eating. It has a comfort aspect to it and a familiarity. It's also got an addictive aspect to it - that sweet and salty combination of flavors. And it's probably just a little bit unhealthy for you. When you get to have bacon, it's exciting and something you look forward to. Thin slices of the above in long strips. ( slang , derogatory ) The police or spies. Run! It's the bacon! ( cycling , slang , uncountable ) Road rash. ( military , archaic ) A saucisse.

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In the UK, the word bacon on its own usually refers specifically to loin or back bacon (similar to the US Canadian bacon). In the US, bacon usually refers to side or belly bacon (referred to as streaky bacon in the UK).

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( cut of meat from a pig ) : ham pork

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→ Finnish: pekoni

Finnish: → French: bacon

French: → Italian: beicon

Italian: → Japanese: ベーコン ( bēkon )

Japanese: → Maori: pēkana

Maori: → Maltese: bejken

Maltese: → Norwegian Bokmål: bacon beicon

Norwegian Bokmål: → Norwegian Nynorsk: bacon

Norwegian Nynorsk: → Polish: bekon

Polish: → Portuguese: bacon beicon

Portuguese: → Russian: бекон ( bekon )

Russian: → Spanish: bacon beicon

Spanish: → Swedish: bacon

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